A Bolton alderwoman claims that she was attacked and choked during a meeting this week.

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Ward 4 Alderwoman Addie Green said a resident assaulted her during Tuesday's Board of Aldermen meeting. Green said the resident attacked her right after she had a heated exchange with Mayor Lawrence Butler.

Green said she records audio of every meeting and played the tape of Tuesday's incident for 16 WAPT News. She said the attack can be heard on the recording.

"(The resident) came back with his face balled up like he had gone insane," Green said. "He came across the table and started choking me."

16 WAPT's Lauren Taylor went to Bolton City Hall Wednesday to ask the mayor about what Green said happened at the meeting.

"I don't have anything to say about the meeting -- that's it," Butler said. "I don't have nothing to say about nothing."

Green claims the police chief pulled the man off of her, but no one was arrested in connection with the incident. Taylor stopped by the Bolton Police Department to find out why. An officer told her the chief "said no comment and have a nice day."

Green said this is the second time she has been attacked during Board of Aldermen meeting. Green claimed that former Hinds Emergency Operations Director Jimmie Lewis attacked her during a Board of Aldermen meeting in January. Green said an argument with Lewis turned ugly, and Lewis slapped a camera out of her hand and ripped off three of her fingernails. A court hearing is set for Friday in that case.

"What's making these people so upset they feel it's necessary to put their hands on you?" Taylor asked Green.

"They're covering up money. They do something with money," Green said.

Green said she filed a report with the Hinds County Sheriff's Department about Tuesday's incident.